Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions

Radiation transport simulations of the deuterium Lyman line series using EIRENE predict a factor of 2 increase of Balmer-α emission in the JET-ILW low confinement divertor plasmas in high-recycling and detached conditions caused by the re-absorption of Lyman-β emission. The photon tracing model in t...

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Main Authors: Ray Chandra, Detlev Reiter, Niels Horsten, Mathias Groth
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Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
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description Radiation transport simulations of the deuterium Lyman line series using EIRENE predict a factor of 2 increase of Balmer-α emission in the JET-ILW low confinement divertor plasmas in high-recycling and detached conditions caused by the re-absorption of Lyman-β emission. The photon tracing model in the EIRENE code is applied to SOLPS-ITER pure deuterium plasma solutions of JET-ILW to evaluate the contribution of Lyman-β capture towards the population density of D(p=3) and, consequently, the Balmer-α emission. The local population escape factors of Lyman-α and Lyman-β lines in the JET-ILW divertor show steep spatial gradients and indicate local regions with high opacity in high-recycling and detached conditions. The relative contribution of Lyman-β capture towards the population density of D(p=3) is significant in high-recycling and detached conditions. This observation is further corroborated by line-integrated calculations using Balmer-α diagnostic line-of-sights.
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spelling doaj-art-7f8fb5aa9e714e8d8e49d7b4ae434e082025-08-20T02:34:59ZengElsevierNuclear Materials and Energy2352-17912024-12-014110179410.1016/j.nme.2024.101794Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditionsRay Chandra0Detlev Reiter1Niels Horsten2Mathias Groth3Aalto University, Espoo, 02150, Finland; Corresponding author.Institut for Laser and Plasmaphysics, Heinrich-Heine-Universität, Düsseldorf, GermanyKU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Leuven, BelgiumAalto University, Espoo, 02150, FinlandRadiation transport simulations of the deuterium Lyman line series using EIRENE predict a factor of 2 increase of Balmer-α emission in the JET-ILW low confinement divertor plasmas in high-recycling and detached conditions caused by the re-absorption of Lyman-β emission. The photon tracing model in the EIRENE code is applied to SOLPS-ITER pure deuterium plasma solutions of JET-ILW to evaluate the contribution of Lyman-β capture towards the population density of D(p=3) and, consequently, the Balmer-α emission. The local population escape factors of Lyman-α and Lyman-β lines in the JET-ILW divertor show steep spatial gradients and indicate local regions with high opacity in high-recycling and detached conditions. The relative contribution of Lyman-β capture towards the population density of D(p=3) is significant in high-recycling and detached conditions. This observation is further corroborated by line-integrated calculations using Balmer-α diagnostic line-of-sights.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179124002175FusionRadiation transportLine radiationDivertorDetachmentCollisional-radiative
spellingShingle Ray Chandra
Detlev Reiter
Niels Horsten
Mathias Groth
Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions
Nuclear Materials and Energy
Fusion
Radiation transport
Line radiation
Divertor
Detachment
Collisional-radiative
title Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions
title_full Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions
title_fullStr Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions
title_full_unstemmed Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions
title_short Lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high-recycling and detached conditions
title_sort lyman line opacities in tokamak divertor plasmas under high recycling and detached conditions
topic Fusion
Radiation transport
Line radiation
Divertor
Detachment
Collisional-radiative
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352179124002175
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